Parks in Popular Music

In the daily cacophony of budget cuts, mounting piles of litter and complaints, it occurred to me, there has to be something out there to cheer us up and get us thinking about something park related but a bit more lighthearted. As a music aficionado ( I just re-arranged my entire CD collection A-Z – all 2,700 of them), what about finding parks that are referred to in popular music. There are obvious ones, but let’s start a list. Here are the ones that I found.

Blur – Parklife https://youtu.be/YSuHrTfcikU?si=Um_Rwbj9bnCcbukH

Donna Summer – MacArthur Park https://youtu.be/hDD7t2Mj_aQ?si=yt1G5GL3ZGGN2j2A

Led Zeppelin – Misty Mountain Hop https://youtu.be/KwG9iRFmY1I?si=1aNUKE5zgOWpoFsK

Lou Reed – A Perfect Day https://youtu.be/QYEC4TZsy-Y?si=oGrbSF9ZmroSlEBp

Chicago – Saturday in the Park https://youtu.be/PLiMy4NaSKc?si=lnXOxW4GnA0Nkvmq

Linkin Park – anything by them I suppose https://youtu.be/eVTXPUF4Oz4?si=NR87FGOKkD4jScLN

Tom Jones – The Green Green Grass of Home – https://youtu.be/nYjBpgz2lus?si=0_a8GfV97dOiFrfv

Miley Cyrus – Flowers https://youtu.be/G7KNmW9a75Y?si=l_XPPPB5bboCEfDZ

The Move – Flowers in the Rain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_laosNxqzNg

Rush – The Trees https://youtu.be/JnC88xBPkkc?si=aqqjkTIYADcQnoUn

George Ezra – Green Green Grass https://youtu.be/VQeW62X8rEA?si=cYFOICkRBTS4YBB7

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River https://youtu.be/L5V9nK7-OkM?si=djtZXN90Cdh2JTaz

The Chicks – Wide Open Spaces https://youtu.be/dom7VlltBUc?si=gTbfiXyM6nnUX9AV

Florence + the Machine – Landscape https://youtu.be/wbta9I3exjE?si=cNhzX51WjCMrOLyD

A-Ha – Bandstand https://youtu.be/eJec2EaziVw?si=F3RCkt-W6o1f-Hfp

Public Image Ltd – Flowers of Romance – https://youtu.be/jBaQOdsTAKo?si=XGTM1eIOQvBP52ee

The Reytons – Kids off the Estate (namechecking Clifton Park in Rotherham) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jpjJJpjEVQ